More than 2,000 students, faculty members, and alumni at the
University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School signed an open letter this weekend opposing
Donald Trump's policies and rhetoric.

Trump often touts the time he spent at the Wharton business
school, and the letter noted that those who signed it were
"outraged that an affiliation with our school is being used to
legitimize prejudice and intolerance."

The letter continued: "Although we do not aim to make any
political endorsements with this letter, we do express our
unequivocal stance against the xenophobia, sexism, racism, and
other forms of bigotry that you have actively and implicitly
endorsed in your campaign."

The letter slammed Trump for bragging about his Wharton degree
while espousing beliefs that those who signed the letter say are
incompatible with Wharton values.

"Your discriminatory statements are incompatible with the values
that we are taught and we teach at Wharton, and we express our
unwavering commitment to an open and inclusive American society,"
the letter said.

Trump transferred into the Wharton School after two years at
Fordham University in New York, and he graduated with a
bachelor's degree in economics in 1968.

The University of Pennsylvania's student newspaper
noted in an article last year that "despite Trump's repeated
mention of Wharton, his own classmates hardly remember him."

The Associated Press
has also noted Trump's complicated relationship with Wharton,
pointing out that Trump holds an undergraduate degree from the
school, not a graduate degree from Wharton's prestigious MBA
program.